Jiyan Lu - Week 8

       Science heavily relies on measurable instruments to evaluate the authenticity of any concept or object. Lanza has challenged this way by providing examples from scientific discoveries depicting uncertainties. Such single approach in the methods of analysis has restricted the realization and exploration of the mysteries of the science. The theme of Lanza’s article is that instead of focusing on objects, science should aim at observers (humans).

       Lanza’s theme aims at justifying biocentrism as a new theory of the universe. It is mainly because when to comes to understanding universe, the existing theories rely on uncertainties. Quantum theory and Eisenburg principles are examples of that sort. For instance, if big bang is such an amazing concept defying the intelligent design of the universe, the belief that human genome is mapped out does not correspond to the opposite theory of random design. Therefore, the existing scholarship holds conflict based on uncertainties at different levels of their exploration. Space and time are another dilemma. For instance, one can measure the velocity of a moving object or its location, not both variables. Among all such theories, focus on the observer is limited.

      It is not to defy the established or ongoing exploration of the universe. Lanza’s main argument is instead of investigating the surface, scientists should explore what lies beneath it. Humans mind can be perceived as an object, but it is itself a universe containing spheres of realities. Life is more than just space and time, and quantum mechanics fails to address it. Additionally, analyzing the inception of the world by cosmologically examining the object (mud) and predicting about observers does not seem logical. Perhaps, time and space are not the entities in the universe, they belong to the living who is only experiencing and observing it.

Work Cited

Lanza, Robert. “A New Theory of the Universe.” The American Scholar, 1 Mar. 2007.   

 https://president.jp/articles/-/31118